# 4x4 (Casiopea album)

4×4 is the sixth studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released on December 16, 1982 by Alfa Records. Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan East, and Don Grusin participated in the recording of this album; Ritenour, Mason and East, along with pianist Bob James, went on to become the original members of Fourplay in 1991.

## Personnel

* Issei Noro – Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000, SG-1000 Fretless), Acoustic guitar (on B2), Percussion (on A2, A3, B3)
* Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar (Ibanez, Fender Stratocaster, Ovation Nylon Strings), Classical guitar (on A2), Acoustic Guitar (on B2)
* Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards (Yamaha GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35, Oberheim OB-Xa, Moog Source)
* Don Grusin – Keyboards (Acoustic Piano (on A2), Yamaha CP-80 (on A1, B1), Oberheim OB-Xa (on A2, B2), Rhodes (on A3, B3))
* Tetsuo Sakurai – Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-2000 Milk Bass) (on A2, B1, B3), Percussion (on B3)
* Nathan East – Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-2000, Roland GR-33B) (on A1, A3, B1, B2)
* Akira Jimbo – drums (Yamaha YD-9000R) (except on B3), Percussion (on A3, B2, B3)
* Harvey Mason – drums (Premier Sound Wave Custom) (on A1, B1, B3), Marimba (on A2, B2)

## Production

* Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
* Associate Producer – Satoshi Nakao
* Recording and Mixing Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro
* Assistant Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Shinji Miyoshi
* Mastering Engineer – Osamu Shimoju
* Art Direction and Design – Nao Magami, Shinya "SHAR" Asami
* Illustration – Shinya "SHAR" Asami
* Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

## Release history

| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
| Japan | December 16, 1982 | Alfa Records | stereo LP | ALR-28045 | 30 cm |
| Japan | February 22, 1984 | Alfa Records | 12cm CD | 38XA-10 | |
| Japan | January 25, 1987 | Alfa Records | 12cm CD | 32XA-114 | |
| Japan | March 21, 1992 | Alfa Records | 12cm CD | ALCA-277 | |
| Japan | July 27, 1994 | Alfa Records | 12cm CD | ALCA-9008 | |
| Japan | July 23, 1998 | Alfa Records | 12cm CD | ALCA-9203 | |
| Japan | January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered CD | VRCL-2208 | DSD, LP paper jacket |
| Japan | February 14, 2002 | Village Records | remastered CD | VRCL-2228 | DSD |
| Japan | May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | remastered CD | MHCL-20010 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket |
| Japan | February 3, 2016 | Sony Music Direct | Music download | 1076210150 | iTunes Store |
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